In September 2005, I spent a week in Florida visiting with a good friend from college and her husband. She and I spent three days in Orlando visiting theme parks, then a couple more days in Sarasota and Siesta Key. While in Orlando, we stayed at the Hawthorn Suites Universal (http://www.hawthornsuitesuniversal.com/) on Canada Avenue, which served as a great base for sightseeing. One of our days in Orlando was spent touring Epcot. Opened on October 1, 1982, Epcot is the second theme park built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake ... (more)